After debacle of Ange Postecoglou, the new manager, who was a trainee under Clough, is bringing ?energy? to the club
?This badge is bigger than any manager,? said Sean Dyche at his unveiling as Nottingham Forest?s head coach, wearing a training top with his initials, before correcting himself. ?Well, there was one manager who was probably as big as the badge ? we all know who that was.? Then came an impression of Brian Clough, a crack at that unique drawl. ??Young ginger, well done,?? he said, reliving his three years as a trainee at the City Ground, the days he spent wandering down the Trent, with Del Boy, Clough?s labrador, whizzing past him and his manager?s voice invariably within earshot.
Dyche tells a story of how, as a youth player, he and a few others tended to Clough?s garden at his home in Quarndon. ?We were on ?28.50 a week and he paid you a tenner to do his garden. So we actually thought: ?This is decent.? He?d cook for you and make sure you were well looked after. It was quite enjoyable, not too much gardening.?
Continue reading...

More...